Gandhinagar: Navaratri in Gujarat is a synonym for 9 auspicious days of Garba and one of the Garba songs that people dance to during this grand celebration is  “મારી માતાના પગલા જ્યાં જ્યાં થાઈ ત્યાં ત્યાં હઉનું હારૂ થાઈ” meaning that wherever holy feet of goddess Durga reached the good follows. 

This year Navratri for Gujarat was special, not only because Garba resumed after two years of a break due to Covid. Navratri 2022 was special to Gujarat as it received multiple development projects to take the progress of the state to much bigger heights.

The list of some of the positive developments Gujarat witnessed during Navratri this year: 

1. Ahmedabad Metro phase-1 opens for travel 
2. Vande Bharat Express Train commenses operation on Gandhinagar – Mumbai Route 
3. Union Govt. approved the re-development of Kalupur Railway station
4. Gujarat hosts the 36th National Games 
5. 5 Gold medals for Gujarat in the National games 
6. Over 1.49 lakh Youngsters received jobs through the government 
7. “BHOOMI PUJAN” of GTU campus took place in Lekawada
8. Swarnim Gujarat Sports University opens in Vadodara
9. Phase 1 of Dream City in Surat inaugurated
10. Surat gets state-of-the-art Urban Observatory and Emergency response Center
11. Wild Biodiversity park in Surat opens to public
12. Water supply and Drainage projects kick off in Surat
13. Opening of Khoj Museum at Science Centre in Surat
14. 24 Public EV Charging Stations open in Surat
15. Launch of Hazira RO-PAX Terminal 
16. 23 projects worth 6,629 crores kicked off in Bhavnagar, Botad and Amreli
17. Opening of Bhavnagar Regional Science Centre 
18. World’s First CNG Terminal and brownfield port project kicked off
19. Bhavnagar received a new GSRTC Bus Port
20. Inauguration of export oriented Portbiz Industrial Park in Kutch
21. Welspun Corp inaugurates steel plant in Anjar
22. Porbandar gets a city bus service
23. Works for Taranga Hill – Ambaji – Abu Road Railway line project kick off
24. Gau Mata Pension Yojana launched 
25. Over 45,000 affordable housing units allotted in PM-AWAS Yojana.
26. 62 Km long New Palanpur-New Mahesana section of Western Freight Dedicated Corridor and 13 Km long New Palanpur-New Chatodar Section (Palanpur bypass line)
27. 52 Foreign Ambassadors enjoy Navratri in Vadodara
28. Flyover opens on SP ring Raod ; underbridge opened in Gandhinagar
29. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Milen Kendra opens in Virochannagar
30. Primary health centre opens Virochannagar
31. Foundation stone laid for 2 ESIC hospitals in Sanand and Kalol 
32. AMC West Zonal Office inaugurated 
33. Shilaj Pond and Shakri Talav Beautification projects kick off 
34. Foundation stone laid for 2,140 affordable housing units at Sarkhej
35. ‘HER START’ – A start-up for Women Entrepreneurs by GU
36. Multiple Projects of ₹280 crores for port Infrastructure 
37. Works kicked off for Rajpipla GMERS medical college and hospital
38. President lays foundation stone of a super speciality hospital, trauma center and Ren Basera at Gandhinagar civil hospital.
39. Rs 877.8 Crore Tender allocated for Multi Model Transportation Hub at Surat Railway Station
40. And much much more… 

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